Bean-cutter.



K. TSURUOKA.

BEAN CUTTER.

APPLICATION FILED 1AN.2I, |916.

LQQ/ Patented Jan. 8, 1918.

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NETE@ STATES PATENT @FFEQE KAMNOSHIN TSURUOKA, 0F HONOLUIJU, TERRITORY 0F HAWAII.

BEAN-CUTTER.

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' Application iled January 21, 1916. Serial No. 73,484.

1,252,144, Specification of Letters Patent.

Corresponding parts in the several figures are denoted by like characters of reference. ons, a subjectof the Emperor of Japan, In the construction of the improved bean Empire of Japan, residing at Honolulu, cutting device there is included a hopper Territory of Hawaii, have invented new and comprising downwardly convergent side useful Improvements in Bean-Cutters, of members 15 and vertically disposed end which the following is a specification. members 1G, the convergent side members This invention relates to bean cutters, and being sufficiently spaced apart at their lower it has for its object to produce a simple ends to permit the passage of a bean. When and efficient device, whereby green beans the hopper is constructed of wood a lining mav be cut lengthwise in two or more pieces or a partial lining of sheet metal may be and crosswise into as many parts as may be used, as indicated at 17, but this, of course, desired in a simple, rapid and satisfactory is optional. manner. y Hingedly connected with the inner faces A further object of the invention is to of the side members 15 near the lower ends produce a bean cutting device of the charthereof are doors or bottom members 1S, acter described whereby the beans may be said doors being connected with the side eut` without the fingers of the operator coInmembers 15 by hinges 19. The doors 18 are ing in contact with the cutting devices. adapted to open downwardly against the A further object of the invention is' to tension of actuating springs 20, the upproduce a device of the character described lwardly swinging movement of said doors in which the cutting devices will be conkbeing obstructed by stop members 21 on the veniently accessible and removable for `inner faces of the end members of the hopsharpening and other purposes. per. The doors or bottom members will thus lVith these and other ends in view which be normally maintained by the action of the will readily appear as the nature of the in- Vsprings in an approximately horizontal povention is better understood, the same consition, closing or obstructing that portion of sists in the improved construction and novel the hopper in which they are mounted, it arrangement and combination of parts being understood that said doors `are posiwhich will be hereinafter fully described tioned some distance above the lower edges and particularly pointed outin the claims. 1 of the side members of the hopper.

In the accompanying drawings has beenl The end members 1G are extended downill-ustrated il SimDle and Preferred fOIm 0f lrwardly below the side members of the hopthe invention, it being, however, understood' per and are provided with lgg Op Supportlllt n0 llmltltiOll iS UGCQSSlllly made t0 theb ing menqbe-S Q2 Said @nd 1119111133115 are also pleClSe Structural detalls 'therein exhibited, prkvided adiacen, t() the lower endg 0f 'the but that changes, alterations and modifica-iA tions within the scope of the claims may be `,sage 0f a frame Q4 which is slidably supresorted to when desired. glifgported in said slots adjacent to the lower In the drawings,- fedges of the side members 15. Said frame,

Figure l iS a Side elevatiOTl Of it CleVlCP ",which is constructed of metal, is of approxi- COUVStILlCted 1n {lCCOIdtlIlCe Wltll the HVQII f'mgitely rgctangulnr shape, relatively long tion. gland narrow, and the ends of said frame are Fig. 2 is a top plan view of the same. i;provided with yapertures 25 for the passage Fig. 3 is an end view. tof threaded stems 2G between which the Fig. 4 is a vertical sectional View taken lknives or cutters Q7 are stretched, said stems Abeing provided with lrerfs or slots 28 for the deception of the cutting members, which iffllatter are connected with the stems bv trans- "-,verse pins orcotters Q9. Nuts 30 that enplunger or follower detached. gage the threaded stems and abut ou the Fig. 7 is a perspective detail view show-,L yend portions of the frame may be utilized ing the cutter carrying frame detached. for tightening or tensioning the cutting Fig. 8 is a sectional detail view on a larger]- members as well -as for the purpose of sescale of the lower end portion of the hopper,v curing the stems in position in the frame.

and related parts.

T 0 all whom t may concern.'

Be it known that I, KAMENOSHIN TsUnU- Fig. 5 is a vertical sectional view taken on the line 5-5 1n Fig. 3.

Fig. G is a perspective detall view of the @Auxiliary transversely disposed cutting members 81 maybe used, said auxiliary cutting members having notches 32 t0 engage the cutting members 27. Y

The endY members 1G are provided with upwardly extending arms or brackets supporting one or more cross bars 3l in which apertures are formed for a vertieall y movable' `stem orha'ndle '3'5"wh1ch is actuated in an upward direction by a spring 136,fsziid stem being provided at its upper extremity with akn'ob or liandleBT' 'lfhelfoweifend-of the stem 35 carries a' plunger whichisco'm-` posed of two wings v or'lea'y'v'esV38" th'at'are hingedly connected with "eachother, as wellv swingingv independently with respectto caidvv stemsfrA spring-B91" which is inter;lese'd*bfel` tween the leaves BSseI-vesto' for'cetlielower ends of said' leaves"apartffr'oineach othery and vin the direction-oftlie dow!`r"1wardlycon-V v'ergent"sidefmembers 15 "of lthe hopper, the

outwardly swinging movem'en'tof said leaves tlie leaves.""'i

vThe/parts ofl the device are so arranged and' proportioned that ""iihen" properlya's-l sembled -th'e' knives for* cutting members 27 of which one or more niaybe'use'd willlh'e beneathfand adj acentto the opening between the' lower extremities "of 'the" fsitle'f members 15l of: the' li'oppergfsaid cutters," of which tw havev been 'shown' iirftli'e'A drawings, being preferably Vspaced equally with irespectft'o' the `lower inner edges" of 't'he'side lmeiiiber's 15, "The plunger*stemV -`'will orm'a'llyf 'be maintained in araised position by the 'spring` 36.. vall/"hen va 'bean-ipodisidropped'intothe" hopper it will' f fall "I 'n ft-he yd'o'orYI members* 18 beneath the vplunger;'and when the-"latlterff is ipressed v'downwa'rdly againsvthe tensin of; t:l-1e-'spring 136:', the lea'ye's' "-38 whil'r aref? pressed.l 'apart `frornweach other by 'the sprir'i-gf'E 39 "will lirstengagethe inclined' walls'foffthe' sidernemb'e'rs of the lroppenandwill thereby@ beford togetherfa'gainst 'the vtension of" the spring.39,1thus'exerting downward presi? downwardjbetweenthe*doorsl'18 which willi actuating springs 20'due tothepressure eX-ffl fi 40 lying adjacent'summerses?s:

having thus been straightened out will be forced downward upon the cutting members, whereby it will be cutlengthwise in as many parts as inay be desired, the numberof parts being-governed by the number of cutters employed, and the parts being also severed crosswise in as many pieces as may be desired by the auxiliary cutters 31.- 1t is obvi ous-"that lthis""operation may be performed far more quickly than by the use of an ordinary kitchen knife andin a much Cl'anerandfmoresanitary manner. The device"issiiiipleinconstruction, and owing to tliefact-that thel cutter carrying frame-.may be 'read-ily"assembledfit may" beA easilyv` 'mai-ng" taine'din afclean :and sanitarycondition'.

The cutting members may alsobe easily: re.-V

mo'ved"for-sharpening or' repairs, as lmay beA is'e'laiined' as Enew, is 2;v

vlflnia-'de-'viee for cutting` I like, a hopper hav-ing downwardly convergl ing side walls and a cutting member located tlie path? of material passingtlirough the hopper,-lin'c'ombination "with a plungerY coinpr'is'mgla stem,- andleaves hingedly connected' with 4s`a'idf`stem 'and with eacliothe'r 2. Inayegetablecutter/of the classdescribed, a hopper having'downwardlyf convergeht sideineinbers spaced apart a'ttheir invention, what beans and the lower ends;l a cutting member supported inn ther pathofV material forced lthrouk'gh 'the hopper, a spring'actuated"obstructing inem` berfmounted gabove the' lowerf'extremity 'of the" hopper 'andfcapableoft swinging downward'ly,""'and4 an 'upwardly spring'aetuated plungery comprising' a stem and 'leaves hin Vgedly eonnected'therewitli and' with :eac-liv' f'n e @estable Cutter of fhelass vdescribed," at hopper having fdownwa'rdlyf'confverwent lside members spaced vapart -at their low the pa'tlr'of material forced thrtmgh 'the hoppe'ija spring actuated obstructing inemf bef-'iiiounted "above the lower extremity of the hopperand' capable 'of swinging down? wardly, and an upwardly.springctua'ted plunger comprising a K stem and leaves 'hing ed'ly "connected -th'erewit'hand n with .each

ot'li'er,'and"ffa spring? interposed between leaves whereby the free edges of the leaves are forced'outward'w-ith` respect'to each other. 3 7' in PreseeCePf-WO .Witnesses l ifiM'nNosim Tsunuoiia, Witnesses: l' U *'T l SATonA YAMAMQIO, ME'sAo UNO.'

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